Windows 8 uptake slows for third straight month

Windows 8's uptake pace slowed in February for the third straight month, an analytics company said today. According to Net Applications, Windows 8's February usage shareâ€"including what the firm labeled as "touch" for Windows 8 and Windows RTâ€"was 3% of all Windows PCs, up from January's 2.6%. Windows 8's share increase in February was about four-tenths of a percentage point, smaller than January's gain, which in turn was smaller than either December's or November's. The new operating system also fell further behind the pace set by Windows Vista in 2007: In its fourth month of availability, Vista powered approximately 4% of all Windows PCs. The full percentage point gap between Windows 8 and Vista was the largest so far in the tracking Computerworld has conducted. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here